Morphological Changes in the Seminal Receptacle During Ovarian Development in the Speckled Swimming Crab Arenaeus cribrarius

FJ Zara, GR Raggi Pereira… - The Biological …, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
To understand sperm plug dissolution and spermatophore dehiscence in Portunidae,
histological and ultrastructural changes in the seminal receptacle (SR) of Arenaeus …

Male reproductive system of the arrow crab Stenorhynchus seticornis (Inachoididae)

M Antunes, FJ Zara, LS López Greco… - Invertebrate …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Our aim was to describe the reproductive system of males and the formation of sperm
packages in the seminal receptacle (SR) of recently mated females of the arrow crab …

Spermatophore Transfer and Sperm Structure in the Brachyuran Crab Metopograpsus Messor (Decapoda: Grapsidae)

G Anilkumar, K Sudha… - Journal of Crustacean …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
In the brachyuran crab Metopograpsus messor mating occurs only among" hard"(intermolt)
individuals. Our present light and electron microscopic studies reveal that the …

Morphology of spermathecae in the estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulata Dana 1851 (Grapsidae, Sesarminae)

LSL Greco, GC López, EM Rodríguez - Journal of Zoology, 1999 - cambridge.org
The morphology of the spermathecae (seminal receptacles) was studied in the grapsid crab
Chasmagnathus granulata, both from the macroscopic and the microscopic points of view …

Structural Modifications of Sperm from the Fiddler Crab Uca Tangeri (Decapoda) During Early Stages of Fertilization

A Medina - Journal of crustacean Biology, 1992 - academic.oup.com
The spermatozoan of Uca tangeri consists of a large spherical acrosome, a cup-shaped
filamentous nucleus, which extends into numerous radiating arms, and a thin cytoplasmic …

Functional morphology of the female reproductive system of a crab with highly extensible seminal receptacles and extreme sperm storage capacity

NE Farias, ED Spivak, TA Luppi - Journal of Morphology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We studied the functional morphology of the female reproductive system of the purple stone
crab Danielethus crenulatus. The most remarkable feature is the relative storage capacity …

Contributions to the study of the origin, nature and formation of the plug in the spermatheca of the female crab Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1766)(Decapoda …

FM Bawab, SS El-Sherief - Crustaceana, 1989 - JSTOR
La formation du bouchon spermatique est le changement le plus important qui survient dans
le gonoducte de la femelle du crabe Portunus pendant les premiers stades du cycle de …

Morphology of Testis and Vas Deferens in the Xanthoid Crab, Eriphia Verrucosa (Forskål, 1775) (Decapoda: Brachyura)

M Erkan, Y Tunali, H Balkis… - Journal of Crustacean …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The anatomy of the male reproductive organs of the brachyuran crab Eriphia verrucosa is
presented, with a detailed analysis of the histology and histochemistry of the regional …

Ultrastructure of spermatogenesis in the crab Scyllaserrata

W Yilei, Z Ziping, L Shaojing - Dong wu xue bao.[Acta Zoologica …, 1997 - europepmc.org
Spermatogenesis in the crab Scylla serrata was examined using transmission electron
microscopy. The spermatonium has an oval shape. in which there are dispersed chromatin …

Morphology and function of the reproductive tract of the spider crab Libinia spinosa (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea): pattern of sperm storage

MP Sal Moyano, MA Gavio, EI Cuartas - Helgoland Marine Research, 2010 - Springer
Morphology and function of the male reproductive tract, female spermatheca and patterns of
sperm storage were assessed in the crab Libinia spinosa using histological methods. Testes …